>>>>>>Can anyone tell me whether SELECT - SQL respects SET DELETED ON/OFF? I used to know this.
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>>>>>>thank you
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>>>>>Yes, it respects it in all reasonable situations. The only exception if you run SELECT * From Table INTO Cursor, and even this case can be remedied by NOFILTER.
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>>>>Thanks, Edward,
>>>>
>>>>The problem I appear to be having is that SELECT is selecting deleted records when SET DELETED is ON -- puzzling!
>>>>
>>>>regards
>>>
>>>That's strange. Are all tables open before SELECT? Also, if you SELECT into cursor, try NOFILTER.
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>>Edward,
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>>I think all tables are open -- I guess I assumed they are since I'm getting no error messgages to that effect -- but I guess I'd better check.
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>>Thanks again,
>>
>>regards,
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>James, is there any chance you're in a private datasession? The value of SET DELETED is scoped to the current data session.

Rick,

I'll bet that's it. I used to as a routine matter code a "where ... !(DELETED()) into all Selects, and I cannot imagine why I stopped. Back to the old ways, eh?

thanks to all who responded. You have been very helpful.

regards,